好莱坞权力掮客阿里·埃马纽埃尔表示，他多年前与埃隆·马斯克关于人工智能的一次对话帮助激发了他进军现场活动业务的灵感。
Hollywood powerbroker Ari Emanuel said a conversation he had years ago with Elon Musk about artificial intelligence helped inspire his push into the live events business.
在大卫·森拉的播客最近一期节目中，埃马纽埃尔表示，他在读到特斯拉电动汽车项目后首次与特斯拉CEO取得联系。
Speaking on a recent episode of David Senra's podcast, Emanuel said he first connected with the Tesla CEO after reading about his electric car venture.
尽管当时并不认识马斯克，埃马纽埃尔还是主动给他打了电话，两人随后建立了埃马纽埃尔形容为“令人难以置信的关系”。“我并不总是同意他的观点。但我也经常同意他。
Emanuel said he called Musk, despite not knowing him, and the two developed what Emanuel described as an "incredible relationship." "I don't agree with him all the time. I do agree with him.
我从他那里学到了很多，也经常与他意见相左，”埃马纽埃尔对森拉说道。
这位从超级经纪人转型为娱乐大亨的人物，也是HBO电视剧《纨绔子弟》中Ari Gold角色的现实原型。
I learn a ton. I disagree a ton," Emanuel, the super agent-turned-entertainment-mogul who is the real-life inspiration for Ari Gold in the HBO TV series "Entourage," told Senra.
埃马纽埃尔表示，马斯克的一个主要启示是他对AI未来发展方向的早期看法。“他在2007年就谈论AI将会是什么样子，”埃马纽埃尔说。
A major takeaway from Musk, Emanuel said, was his early view of where AI was headed. "He was talking about AI in 2007, what it was going to be," said Emanuel.
“他说，在娱乐业中，唯一不会被AI去中介化的就是现场活动。”
埃马纽埃尔对森拉提到马斯克时补充道，他当时特意询问了马斯克关于娱乐业的看法。
"He said the only thing that can't be disintermediated by AI is live, in the entertainment business," Emanuel told Senra of Musk, adding that he specifically asked Musk about entertainment.
正是这一点给了他灵感，促成了他去年成立的现场活动和体验公司Mari。
That's what Emanuel said gave him the idea behind Mari, the live events and experiences company he launched last year.
“我们现在正在打造一个相当庞大的现场娱乐业务，”埃马纽埃尔说，并补充称他的公司已收购了迈阿密公开赛和马德里公开赛网球赛事，以及交易卡展会Collect-A-Con。
"We're now building a pretty big business" in the live entertainment space, Emanuel said, adding that his company has acquired the Miami Open and the Madrid Open tennis tournaments, along with the trading card convention, Collect-A-Con.
埃马纽埃尔——同时也是TKO集团控股公司的首席执行官，该公司是WWE和UFC的母公司——表示，Mari“将成为全球范围内所有现场活动的载体。”}{
Emanuel — who also leads TKO Group Holdings, the parent company of WWE and UFC — said Mari "will be everything live events on a global basis."